Alumni - St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
Alumni - St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Alumni - St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
Development News 15 Capital Campaign Share the Vision In order to make this vision a reality, we must raise $3 million so we can break ground in the Fall of 2008. We have already secured an anonymous $1 million gift, but we need your help to make this succeed. Won’t you please help us reach the final goal of this capital campaign? Your support will ensure that St. Vincent-St. Mary High School will be well positioned to remain an educational leader now and into the future. It will also ensure that we will be able to increase our enrollment and remain financially viable. As an independent, private school, we rely on the philanthropic support of our alumni, parents and friends as a major source of our funding. Please Share the Vision for our new gymnasium and the expansion of our Student Center. Recap 2004-2009 As St. Vincent-St. Mary High School enters the fifth and final phase of our five-year, $20 million Share the Vision Capital Campaign, we are grateful for the support we have received and all that has been accomplished to date. We have grown our endowment to over $8 million. We have completed a state-of-the-art Center for Science and Technology. We have renovated Green Street Stadium and dedicated it as the John Cistone Field/Green Street Stadium, and we have continued to protect our investment in our current facility by making improvements to the heating and cooling systems, roof and kitchen. Yet this final phase of our capital campaign is perhaps our most crucial, as we strive to break ground on a much-needed second gymnasium and the expansion of our current Student Center. This final phase also represents the first expansion of our building since St. Vincent-St. Mary High School was founded in 1972. At that time, St. Mary and St. Vincent high schools, two of the oldest parish high schools in Akron, merged together, as directed by the Diocese of Cleveland, to form St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. Today, we remain unified in our commitment toCatholic education. The successful completion of our Share the Vision Campaign will enable us to meet the school’s strategic goals, as set forth by our executive board, for growing our student body, maintaining the highest educational standards and improving our facilities. Once completed, the final phase of our Share the Vision campaign will: ❑ Benefit each and every student who attends St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. ❑ Ensure we remain competitive in attracting the best and brightest students. ❑ Enable us to accommodate our growing student body with a first-class facility. ❑ Allocate our resources where they can provide the greatest benefit for our students and faculty.
Development News Phases I to IV - Completed From Vision to Reality Since we embarked on the Share the Vision Campaign for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, much progress has been made. This would not be possible without our dedicated, generous and loyal donors who have shared this vision for our future. Your support has enabled us to complete the first four phases of our capital campaign, while remaining independent and self-sufficient. Our Accomplishments Phase I: The Center for Science and Technology completed Phase II: Capital repairs completed (new roof, HVAC system, kitchen and lockers) Phase III: Growth of Endowment Fund (goal achieved and growth continues) Phase IV: Green Street Stadium/John Cistone Field completed Phase V: Final Phase Construction of a New Gymnasium and the Expansion of our Student Center A new gymnasium and expanded Student Center are essential to our long-term success because: ❑ Our existing facility is simply not large enough to meet our needs and to accommodate our growing student body. ❑ The expansion of our Student Center is vital to increasing our current enrollment. ❑ We are the only co-educational, Catholic high school in the area without a second gymnasium. This makes it difficult to provide for the many student activities that compliment our curriculum. ❑ Nearly all of our students are involved in one or more sports. Because we are currently limited to one gymnasium, this influx of activity makes it increasingly difficult for all of our teams to get adequate practice time and valuable team-building experience. ❑ We will be able to accommodate more Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) events and summer camps, which are vital to recruitment. ❑ By moving the wrestling room and athletic offices into the lower level of the new gymnasium, we will increase the space that is available in our main building. This will provide more classroom space for our academic programs. ❑ We will continue to protect our investment in our existing facility by making necessary improvements. Our Vision for the Future As we have developed and evaluated the plans for Phase V, we have continued to make modifications, which we believe are the most prudent and fiscally responsible. These new plans are not contingent upon the closing of Maple Street. They will also help to unify our entire campus and better integrate the new facility with the existing one. Some features of the new facility include: ❑ A second game gymnasium with athletic offices on the upper level. ❑ New wrestling room, locker rooms and weight room on the lower level. ❑ Enhanced security: when school is not in session, we can secure the existing high school building and keep only the new gymnasium open for games and other activities. ❑ A new facility between the school and the football field, which better unifies our campus. ❑ A promenade (Walk of Champions) to connect the new facility with our main building and provide stairs to the lower level, playing fields and parking. Other elements of Phase V include: ❑ An expansion of our current Student Center to better accommodate our growing student body. ❑ Improvements to our existing gymnasium, including new bleachers. ❑ Renovations to existing areas that will be vacated once they are moved to the new facility. ❑ The creation of a more welcoming entry to the school. ❑ Landscaping and exterior improvements at Maple and Walnut streets. ❑ A more prominent bookstore and snack shop. Projected Cost The project cost breakdown for Phase V is as follows: ❑ $3 million for a new gymnasium, wrestling room, locker rooms, athletic offices and promenade passageway. ❑ $2 million for the expansion of our existing Student Center, renovations to our current gymnasium and to those areas that will be vacated during the expansion, a new Maple Street entrance and landscaping. Naming Opportunities Student Activity Center $3,000,000 Court One $250,000 Court Two $250,000 Wrestling Room $150,000 Boys Locker Room $50,000 Girls Locker Room $50,000 Cheer Room $50,000 Fitness Center $100,000 Development Office $50,000 Walk of Champions $100,000 Art Center $100,000 Classroom (4) $50,000 Bookstore $50,000 Chapel $100,000 Board Room $50,000 Student Center $100,000 Endowed Building fund $1,000,000 Maple St. Gardens $50,000 Walnut St. Gardens $50,000 Science Labs (3) $50,000 Rededicated Varsity gymnasium $1,000,000 16
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Development News<br />
15<br />
Capital Campaign<br />
Share the Vision<br />
In order to make this vision a reality,<br />
we must raise $3 million so we can<br />
break ground in the Fall of 2008. We<br />
have already secured an anonymous $1<br />
million gift, but we need your help to<br />
make this succeed.<br />
Won’t you please help us reach the<br />
final goal of this capital campaign?<br />
Your support will ensure that <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> will be well positioned to remain an educational leader<br />
now and into the future. It will also ensure that we will be able<br />
to increase our enrollment and remain financially viable.<br />
As an independent, private school, we rely on the<br />
philanthropic support of our alumni, parents and friends as a<br />
major source of our funding.<br />
Please Share the Vision for our new gymnasium and the<br />
expansion of our <strong>St</strong>udent Center.<br />
Recap 2004-2009<br />
As <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> enters the fifth and<br />
final phase of our five-year, $20 million Share the Vision<br />
Capital Campaign, we are grateful for the support we have<br />
received and all that has been accomplished to date.<br />
We have grown our endowment to over $8 million. We have<br />
completed a state-of-the-art Center for Science and<br />
Technology. We have renovated Green <strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium and<br />
dedicated it as the John Cistone Field/Green <strong>St</strong>reet <strong>St</strong>adium,<br />
and we have continued to protect our investment in our<br />
current facility by making improvements to the heating and<br />
cooling systems, roof and kitchen.<br />
Yet this final phase of our capital campaign is perhaps our<br />
most crucial, as we strive to break ground on a much-needed<br />
second gymnasium and the expansion of our current <strong>St</strong>udent<br />
Center.<br />
This final phase also represents the first expansion of our<br />
building since <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> was founded<br />
in 1972. At that time, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> and <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong> high schools,<br />
two of the oldest parish high schools in Akron, merged<br />
together, as directed by the Diocese of Cleveland, to form<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Today, we remain unified in our commitment toCatholic<br />
education. The successful completion of our Share the Vision<br />
Campaign will enable us to meet the school’s strategic goals,<br />
as set forth by our executive board, for growing our student<br />
body, maintaining the highest educational standards and<br />
improving our facilities.<br />
Once completed, the final phase of our Share the Vision<br />
campaign will:<br />
❑ Benefit each and every student who attends<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Vincent</strong>-<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
❑ Ensure we remain competitive in attracting the best and<br />
brightest students.<br />
❑ Enable us to accommodate our growing student body<br />
with a first-class facility.<br />
❑ Allocate our resources where they can provide the<br />
greatest benefit for our students and faculty.
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